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It’s only been three years since beloved Chicago alt rock outfit Wilco released their tenth LP, Schmilco, and only two since the group last toured, but given all of their individual activity since (and their prolific schedule in the years prior), it feels like much longer. Frontman Jeff Tweedy, particularly, has been incredibly active, releasing a memoir and…
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Celebrating its 10th year, Nashville’s free, all ages, biannual musical showcase series Musician’s Corner is now seven weeks into its spring season at Centennial Park, and continues this weekend, June 21 & 22, with one of the most impressive slate of performers yet, like Seattle indie singer-songwriter Damien Jurado and local lo-fi dream pop staple Kelsey Kopecky on Friday, and breakout Nashville…
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One of Nashville’s preeminent up and coming indie pop/rock acts, energetic genre-benders The Foxies just released a fantastic new EP, Battery, earlier this spring, and are set to play their latest hometown show- an impressive headlining spot at The Basement East– tonight, June 21, tapping fellow buzzworthy locals, pop singer Leah Sykes and eclectic rockers…
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With ten Grammys, tens of millions of album sales, and a career spanning back to the ’70s, when she first rose to fame fronting pioneering Chicago funk group Rufus, before blazing her own trail as a hugely beloved and influential solo r&b, soul, and funk singer and songwriter in the late ’70s and throughout the ’80s,…
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Now in its eleventh season, Nashville’s annual Live on the Green music fest is set to return Thursday, Aug. 15, spanning, on a newly reworked schedule, across three weeks, Aug. 22 & 29, continuing with an epic four-day Labor Day weekend event Aug. 29-Sept. 1 (so still six days total as it has been for years, but with four of them now in…
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Since returning from hiatus a few years ago, just in time to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their breakout debut LP, LA post-punk revivalist/darkwave duo She Wants Revenge have been increasingly active once more. While we’re still waiting on a proper new record to drop, we’re excited to see the group return to Nashville for the first…
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A buzzy fixture of the synthpop scene, Brooklyn duo Great Good Fine Ok have become a must-see act in recent years, boasting an acclaimed series of EPs and tracks, and earning praise throughout the blogosphere. Set to return to town tonight, June 19 to headline Exit/In, the group have tapped breakout Ohio alt pop singer Vesperteen, whose 2018 sophomore EP was one…
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Jay Farrar’s long-running, beloved, influential first project post-Uncle Tupleo, alt country outfit Son Volt are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, as well as the release of their recent, politically charged ninth album Union. A longtime cult favorite and an immeasurable influence on the contemporary alt country landscape, the band have remained prolific since returning from hiatus…
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It’s now been over a decade since New York’s Vampire Weekend took the world by storm with their eponymous debut LP, released to an unbelievable mountain of hype just a few short years after first meeting and forming the band while students at Columbia. Back then, the power of blog buzz and the fever pitch of hipster…
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Acclaimed underground Kansas City rapper and Strange Music labelhead Tech N9ne returns to Nashville tonight, June 17, to headline Marathon Music Works in support of his latest LP N9na. Dubbed the “It Goes Up” tour, Tech is, per usual, making it a label-centric family affair, boasting a stellar lineup of likeminded friends and collaborators as support: Dax, Krizz Kaliko, ¡Mayday!, and UBI!…